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This page contains a summary of the recurring workshops and colloquiums held at Georgetown Law.

Faculty Research Workshops

Tues./Thurs. 12:00 - 1:20 p.m. Hotung  - Faculty Dining Room

These talks provide an opportunity for Law Center faculty to present their current research to their colleagues, and for us to hear from outside presenters, including appointments candidates. Papers are available electronically at the links, and in hard copy in the Office of Faculty Support.

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Recent Books on the Constitution

Tues. 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Rm. 588 McDonough
Coordinated by Randy Barnett, faculty members are invited to attend this seminar. where five authors will discuss their recent bookson the constitution. You need not have read the books to attend and participate.

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Environmental and Land Use Research Workshop

Thur. 3:30 pm – 5:30 p.m. Rm 588 McDonough
Coordinated by Don Elliott and Michael Caplan, this workshop series provides an intellectual forum that brings together some of the nation's foremost academic scholars and environmental law and policy makers for the exchange and discussion of ideas.  

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Law and Economics Workshop

Fri. 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Hotung  - Faculty Dining Room (unless otherwise noted)
This is an advanced research workshop in which outside speakers (typically faculty members from other institutions) present their current work in the field of law and economics.   The series is coordinated by Professors Kathy Zeiler and Josh Teitelbaum.  

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Law and Philosophy Joint Seminar

Mon. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Coordinated by Robin West and Judith Lichtenberg
Is education central to citizenship? Can we only exercise obligations of citizenship if we have some minimal educational attainment? What should a civic education include? Does the current educational status quo violate norms of equal citizenship? For example, do the radical disparities in educational quality across schools, school districts, and states, and between urban, suburban, and rural parts of the country, violate political, moral, or constitutional norms of equality? Who should have control of public schools’ policies and curricula? Expert educators? Elected state officials? Local districts? Parents? Should tax dollars ever be distributed to private schools, whether religious or secular? Should homeschooling be regulated? Are college costs and admissions procedures fair, rational, and in accord with constitutional ideals? Is the tenure system in higher education justified? What is academic freedom, and what does it require? In the seminar we will examine these and related questions through close readings of arguments by philosophers, legal scholars, and others concerned with education policy both in the United States and elsewhere.

Please note that this seminar is cross-listed as a graduate Philosophy and as a Law Center course. Some classes will meet on the Main Campus, some at the Law Center. We will coordinate starting times for classes with the bus shuttle schedule.

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Statutory Colloquium

Mon. 1:20 - 3:20 p.m. (2008) Coordinatied by Bill Eskridge. First meeting: Jan. 14, McDonough Fifth Floor Faculty Lounge.

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International Human Rights Colloquium

Fri. 12:00 - 1:20 p.m. (even years, including 2008)
The International Human Rights Colloquium brings to Georgetown leading scholars in the field of international human rights law and legal theory.  Each week, one such scholar will present a paper to Georgetown Law faculty and students, as well as faculty from other area law schools and graduate schools, legal practitioners, judges, and diplomats.  The Colloquium is conducted by Professor Carlos Vázquez.

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Constitutional Law Colloquium

Mondays, 12:00 – 2:00 pm – Hotung Faculty Dining room

In this Colloquium, leading constitutional law professors from other schools are invited to present works in progress. Lunch will be provided and Georgetown faculty are encouraged to attend. The Colloquium is coordinated by Professor Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz.

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International Legal Theory Colloquium

Mondays 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
At this colloquium, a paper will be presented each week by a leading national or foreign scholar in the field of international law.  The topics range from trade, customary international law and international criminal tribunals to morality and human rights.  The Colloquium is conducted by Professor Carlos Vázquez.

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Foreign Relations Law Colloquium

Mondays 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Faculty Lounge, McDonough  520
The Foreign Relations Law Colloquium brings to Georgetown leading national or foreign scholars in the field of foreign relations law. Each week, one such scholar will present a paper to Georgetown Law faculty and students, as well as faculty from other area law schools and graduate schools, legal practitioners, judges, and diplomats. The Colloquium is conducted by Professor Carlos Vázquez.

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O'Neill Institute Colloquium

Mondays 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Co-taught by Professors Nan Hunter and M. Gregg Bloche, the Fall 2009 O'Neill Colloquium will consider health care reform. A series of prominent scholars, researchers, and participants in the health reform process will present works-in-progress or current publications that address aspects of health reform.

The Thomas More Seminar

Exploring Catholic perspectives on law and society.

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The Critical Perspectives on the Law Series

In these talks, outside speakers present various critical perspectives on the law and on rule of law ideology. Papers are available electronically at the links, and in hard copy in the Office of Faculty Support.